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Author: Aliprantis, Dionissi

Title: Human Capital in the Inner City

Summary: This paper quantitatively characterizes the "code of the street" from the sociology literature, using the nationally-representative National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 data set to investigate how black young males alter their behavior when living in violent neighborhoods. An astounding 26 percent of black males in the United States report seeing someone shot before turning 12. Conditional on reported exposure to violence, black and white young males are equally likely to engage in violent behavior. Black males' education and labor market outcomes are much worse when reporting exposure to violence; these gaps persist in estimated models controlling for many patterns of selection.

Details: Cleveland, OH: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 2014. 49p.

Source: Internet Resource: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, working paper no. 13-02R. Accessed August 31, 2016 at: https://www.clevelandfed.org/newsroom-and-events/publications/working-papers/2014-working-papers/wp-1302r-human-capital-in-the-inner-city.aspx

Year: 2014

Country: United States

URL: https://www.clevelandfed.org/newsroom-and-events/publications/working-papers/2014-working-papers/wp-1302r-human-capital-in-the-inner-city.aspx

Shelf Number: 140107

Keywords:
Code of the Street
Human Capital
Interpersonal Violence
Neighborhoods and Crime
Violent Crime

Author: Huttunen, Kristiina

Title: Lost Boys: Access to Secondary Education and Crime

Summary: We study the effect of post-compulsory education on crime by exploiting a regression discontinuity design generated by admission cut-offs to upper secondary schools in Finland. We combine data on school applications with data on criminal convictions and follow individuals for 10 years. Our results show that successful applicants are less likely to commit crimes during the first five years after admission. Crime is reduced both during and outside the school year, indicating that the channel through which schooling affects crime cannot be explained by incapacitation alone. We find no effect on crime committed after 6 years from admission.

Details: Bonn, Germany: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), 2019. 45p.

Source: Internet Resource: IZA Discussion Paper no. 12084: Accessed February 4, 2019 at:

Year: 2019

Country: Finland

URL:

Shelf Number: 154480

Keywords:
Education and Crime
Human Capital